ARVADA, Colo. — What looked like a harmless invitation to a family gathering turned into weeks of stress and password changes for Arvada resident Alie Mitisek.
“It was a Saturday morning, and I was just looking through my email, and I got an email from Paperless Post from my cousin,” Mitisek said. “Which to me wasn’t a big surprise.”
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Her cousin had recently moved back to Colorado, so the digital invitation did not seem suspicious. But when she clicked on it, the message prompted her to log in…